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I vividly remember how prayer helped to prevent a car from hitting a group of people. I volunteered to drive my friend Sue’s car from San Gabriel Valley to downtown Los Angeles to take care of some business. She had just moved here from overseas and was not familiar with the area.

I had been driving for many years and even though it was not my car, I was sure I could handle it. But when I took the exit to downtown, I felt something strange going on with the brake. It felt so loose that instead of hovering over the floor, my foot actually kissed the floor each time I pressed down on the break. Fortunately, I was able to get the car to stop at the first light. Given that it wasn’t my car, I thought maybe this was just how this particular car drove, so I continued on the road. Far ahead I could see a red light and many pedestrians getting ready to walk across the street. Given my earlier experience exiting the freeway, I immediately began to step on the brake.

Oh, no! The break was not responding! I tried hard to press on the brake but the car preceded to move forward. I still remember what it felt like to see the image of the pedestrians getting bigger and bigger as the car crept closer and closer to the crosswalk. I was so frightened that I was going to hit them. I felt so trapped that I envisioned myself holding the steel frame of a jail room. Out of panic, I yelled, “pray!” Immediately, I could hear Sue’s and her two kids so fervently and eagerly filling the car with voices of prayer. Right before I was giving up the hope, the car made a sudden stop right in front of the pedestrians.

Just like that, the car completely stopped right in front of them. Some gave me the gesture of pointing their fingers at their eyes, as if saying: “Didn’t you SEE us?” Clearly, they were scared for their lives, and so was I. None of them realized that the prayer prevented the tragedy from happening at that time.

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We were all so shaken up. We got out of the car, pushed it to the side of the road and called AAA. We climbed back into the car and prayed again as we waited to get towed. We prayed with tears streaming down our faces. We thanked God for helping make everyone safe. We were also grateful to be alive to share this experience.

Now let me be clear on my interpretation of what happened with the car: I believe that miracles can come to us in times of desperation as a result of our own earnest efforts in partnership with the wonderful workings of God and/or the Universe. Had I not applied my foot to that break with all of my might, I’m not sure that the powers at be would have come to my aid. I took action, and where my actions perhaps fell short of what was needed to prevent injury or loss of life, a higher power stepped in. Therefore, in my opinion, equally important to prayer is the need for us to take responsibility for our own lives.

That being said, I believe that indeed, miracles can happen through prayer. Sometimes when we, as human beings, feel the most powerless and helpless, we can only pray. In our humble experience, prayer can spark the flame that ignites the powerful force of miracle into our lives in the most desperate of times.

禱告帶下奇蹟

我還清楚記得，禱告幫助我避免了開車撞到一群人。記得一次，一個朋友-蘇剛剛從台北才搬過來這裡，不熟悉的這裡的環境。我主動的幫助她開車到洛杉磯市中心，去參加教會其他弟兄姊妹在市中心傳福音。

我己經駕駛多年，即使這不是我的車，我知道開起來也應該駕輕就熟的。但是，當我在市區的一個出口出來時，我踏剎車畤感覺有點怪怪的。看上去很鬆，我的腳一踏好像都要碰到底了，車子沒有停止，到後來好不容易終於停下來。由於這不是我的車，我想也許我不熟這車子的性能，所以我繼續往前走，遠遠的我看到了前面的綠燈即將換成紅燈。許多行人準備過馬路。意識到我剛剛的經驗，我立刻開始踩剎車。

哦，不！剎車失靈，車子仍然往前滑行。我拼命的踏剎車，只見行人看起來，越來越靠近，他們的臉也看來越來越大。我又驚又怕，深恐撞上他們。在那一霎那，我似乎看見自己撞了人而被關在牢房中，兩手握緊鐵窗，滿臉無助的神情。在那個時候，恐懼抓住我，我聽到自己歇斯底里的大喊：正當我無計可施，準備放棄希望的時候，說時遲那時快，車子硬生生的在行走的路人前面嘎然停住。 “禱告”。隨即，我聽到蘇和他兩個孩子迫切祈禱聲音。

就這樣，車子猛然停在路人面前。突然發生的事情讓路人嚇壞了，也氣壞了，他們怪我為什麼不早一點停車，車子幾乎碰上他們。很多人給我手勢，他們用兩隻手指向他們的眼睛，彷彿質問我“難道你沒看見我們？”很容易看出，他們也擔心被撞到。他們可能想都沒想到，車上我們的祈禱避免幾乎發生在他們身上的悲劇。

我們每個人也嚇得得手腳發軟，好不容易鎮定下來，下了車，把車推到路邊，並打電話給AAA公司（這家公司提供保險外也有拖車的服務。）然後等他們來拖車。我們回到車裡，我們又禱告，這次我們淚流滿面，充滿了感恩。我們感謝上帝給我們奇蹟，他保佑我們，以及讓每個人都安全。我更感謝能夠活著分享這個奇蹟。

現在，讓我解釋發生在這車上的事情：當我們絕望的時候，我們迫切與神或與宇宙有美妙的連結，加上我們的付出努力會帶來奇蹟。如果我沒有把腳用力的踏在剎車上，我不敢確定，上天會即時來幫助我。我採取行動，明白自己的力量不夠讓車子停止，更高的權能便來幫助我。我認為我們要對自己生命負責任，採取行動與禱告同等的重要。

說到這裡，我的確相信，奇蹟可以藉著祈禱發生。有時，當我們感覺最無力和無奈時，我們只能祈禱。在我的卑微的經驗中，我相信祈禱可以激發及點燃出奇蹟的強大力量進入我們的生活中。